Best Laid Plans suggests that the ‘plan’ can provide a framework for artists to propose alternative ways of living or of understanding our experience. Artists Matei Bejenaru, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Janice Kerbel, Marie Lund, Marjetica Potrc, Paul Rooney, Katya Sander and Ultra-red use different forms of planning to drive their production of images, sound, actions and text. This book presents the artists’ projects through statements, images and documents. Essays by Kate Macfarlane, Cylena Simonds and Rob Stone expand the conceptual framework of Best Laid Plans and examine the nuances of the artists’ contributions.

Janice Kerbel (b. 1969, Toronto) lives and works in London. Studied at Goldsmiths College, University of London; Emily Carr Institue of Art and Design, Vancouver; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, USA; and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. Kerbel was nominated for the Turner Prize (2015). Select solo exhibitons include DOUG, The Common Guild, Glasgow (2014); Arts Club of Chicago (2012); Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto (2012); Kill the Workers, Chisenhale, London (2011); BaidscherKunstverein, Karlshue (2011); and See it Now, Art Now, Tate Britain, London (2010). She is represented by greengrassi, London; Catriona Jefferies, Vancouver; and i8, Reykjavik.